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has agreed to pay an $8 million penalty and invest more than $400 million to install advanced pollution controls and cut emissions from BP’s petroleum refinery in Whiting, Ind. The more waste gases sent to a flare, and the less efficient the flare is when burning those gases, the more pollution that will occur. Earlier post.).
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Since 2001, CalVans has been working to reduce its total number of vehicle miles traveled annually, while also reducing greenhouse emissions. Over the last two years, CalVans has eliminated more than 218 million miles traveled and reduced greenhouse gas by approximately 120 metric tons through their CalVans vanpools.
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In an effort to reliably predict efficiency and pollutant emissions for new engines and fuels, computer simulations are used to study fundamental turbulence-chemistry interactions. diesel combustion by reducing temperature”, SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-0655, 2001.). Dual-fuel Combustion.
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